Pegasus: 'Govt Did Not Cooperate in Probe,' Says SC Citing Expert Panel Report

The CJI noted that 5 phones submitted to the court-appointed committee had malware, though not necessarily Pegasus.

The Supreme Court on Thursday, 25 August, took note of the report filed by an expert panel that was appointed to probe the Pegasus spyware-related allegations and stated that the Indian government had not co-operated with the investigation of the court-appointed committee.

Citing the report, the Supreme Court said:

"It appears 29 phones were given...they have found some malware..five out of 29 phones had some malware, but not saying if due to Pegasus. So it is concluded that these 5 phones have malware on poor cyber security...let us see how far we can release this report."